The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe
Page 31
by Timothy Williams
“Your husband didn’t want you to see him losing his hold on life.”
“Rodolphe loved life”
“He didn’t want his wife and children seeing him turn into an old and sick man.”
Somewhere an electric buzzer sounded, followed almost immediately by the sound of scraping chairs and the scuffling of feet as the pupils left their desks at the end of the lesson.
(Anne Marie was reminded of her school years in Algeria.)
“Rodolphe and I were very happy, madame le juge.”